918: Don’t let middlemen make the difference [asking for a monthly ticket]
No matter how sincere Shen Tang's eyes are, if Wu Yuan believes her lies, then there is really something wrong with her. Otherwise, what is wrong with her ban? She has to ban tea? What is the difference between this and killing Bei Mo? This time he One purpose of coming here is to grow grain, and the other purpose is to trade with each other, and tea and salt are the top priority.
It is better not to eat meat during the day than to not drink tea for a whole day.
The diet in the Northern Desert is mostly meat-based. Eating too much can cause dryness and heat, make the mouth greasy, and make it difficult to digest. Over time, it will be difficult to go to the toilet. The rice is dry and as hard as stones. The place where defecation is fragile is common, and blood in the stool is common. Drinking more tea can alleviate the problem. this symptom.
Of course, you can actually use vegetables instead of tea.
It’s just that in the environment of the Northern Desert, vegetables are hard to come by.
On the other hand, tea is cheap and can be stored for many years.
In comparison, tea is naturally better.
It would be fine if it was just difficult to pay tribute, and it would not be intolerable, but the people of the Northern Desert soon discovered that not drinking tea for a long time would cause greater troubles, muscle weakness, and loss of strength! This is a nightmare for the Northern Desert who advocates force. Wu Brave warriors are immune to the effects of tea, but ordinary tribesmen are not.
But...
The most popular products of Shen Tang Ka Bei Mo are salt and tea.
Food is a minor issue.
Grain is different from salt tea. The latter is easy to store and will not be easily damaged during long-distance transportation. It can be stored for a long time after being purchased in Beimo, and it can be stored for several years. The former has obvious disadvantages, whether it is transportation or transportation. It is not suitable for large-scale purchase even if it is stored. Apart from that, just the consumption by the food and cooks on the road is worth the profit of a business trip.
Although the population of the Northern Desert is not large, there is still a huge food gap. Compared with the gap, the amount of smuggling by these merchants is insignificant and cannot have much effect.
When the Northwest became a pot of porridge, it was true that greedy merchants purchased grain nearby, secretly smuggled it to the Northern Desert, and resold it to merchants in the Northern Desert at a high price, but the quantity was not large, and they also ran the huge risk of being looted by the forces passing through.
After Shen Tang won, these merchants also stopped.
With Shen Tang's character, he naturally wrote them all down, and one day he remembered and picked them out one by one to settle the accounts. At the moment, he was so busy that he hit the back of his head, and he would not be able to settle the accounts for a while.
Wu Yuan would not be surprised if Shen Tang banned grain trading.
But she happened to touch the tea leaves and salt!
Wu Yuan endured the swollen veins on his forehead and managed to show some kindness: "Kang's move is inappropriate. As far as Wu knows, there is not much tea in your country, and not all people like it."
Where does such a huge demand for tea come from?
Not to mention the floods in Yanzhou and Qianzhou, even if the tea production is reduced by another 20%, the territory cannot fully absorb it. Over the past few hundred years, the largest trade item between the northwest countries and the Northern Desert has been tea. Wu Yuan remembered that for decades Before, there was a small country bordering the Northern Desert. During the dozen or so years of existence of the small country, the tea trade with the Northern Desert was its largest economic source.
It is better than excessive taxes and excessive taxes!
Even small countries were destroyed because their neighbors were jealous.
Neighboring countries also wanted to trade tea with the Northern Desert, but the trade routes were controlled by small countries. Several negotiations made no progress, so they simply started a national war. There are many other examples like this.
Shen Tang clearly has tea leaves in his hands!
But they want to ban tea in the mutual trade, which is obviously a joke!
Shen Tang widened his almond-shaped eyes and said innocently: "What are you saying, messenger? Who said that Kangguo doesn't like to drink tea?"
Wu Yuan was so angry that his chest heaved violently.
He stared at Shen Tang, wanting to hear what damn reason she could come up with! Haha, don't mention it, Shen Tang really has one.
I saw her raising her hand and patting it.
Outside the tent, several sergeants came in carrying utensils that looked like pen holders. Next to the utensils were several small plates containing ingredients.
Gong Cheng lowered his eyes and looked at the ceramic utensils on the table.
Shen Tang's smiling voice penetrated his ears: "I heard that tea is good in Beimo. I wonder if there is such a tea in the territory? I personally like it very much. The envoy may wish to try it and comment on it."
The tastes in Bei Mo and Guan Nei are different.
The taste of the tea that Shen Tang served was indeed unique. Judging from Wu Yuan's experience of living in Guan Nei for many years, it was indeed more in line with the taste of the people in Guan Nei, but he didn't know how much it cost. Wu Yuan only tasted a sip, and Gong Cheng also tasted it carefully. He tasted it, took a sip, his eyes lit up, and drank it all in one gulp.
He was not worried that Shen Tang would poison the tea.
The other party was directly using conspiracy to trade grains with Beimo, so naturally he would not do such sinister things as poisoning people. Gong Cheng finished one drink and asked the sergeant to refill it. This time, there was no cow drink, but a careful taste. Enjoy it and take a look at the excitement.
Shen Tang calculated an account for Wu Yuan with his fingers.
How many such restaurants are there in Longwu, how many cups are shipped every day, how much tea is needed for a cup... And her current territory is not just Longwu County. Based on the scale of Longwu County, she roughly estimates the consumption in other places, and then deducts the annual With a fixed consumption of tea leaves, Kang State’s tea harvest this year is indeed tight.
The most important thing is that after establishing diplomacy with neighboring countries, Shen Tang also plans to expand the tea business and establish franchise stores or brands. Of course Wu Yuan cannot understand these words. He only needs to know that Shen Tang wants to make this business more popular. Business is blooming everywhere.
After saying that, she spread her hands.
Helpless: "Look, messenger, I really didn't mean to make things difficult for Bei Mo. The floods this year have had too great an impact."
Wu Yuan was so blocked that he couldn't say a single word.
Shen Tang's words are well-founded. As a country leader, she doesn't even need to explain it to herself so clearly. But she still explained it, which shows her sincerity. The ban on tea trading in each other is purely coincidental and not deliberately targeted at Bei Mo. trap.
He thought of a roundabout way.
"Since the supply of tea in Kang State is insufficient, Lord Kang might as well allow merchants from other countries to bring tea for trade?" Merchants from Kang State are not allowed to sell tea to Bei Mo. Merchants from other countries have their headquarters, right? We can't let other countries also experience a sharp decline in tea!
Unexpectedly, Shen Tang shook his head with sincere almond eyes.
"Messenger, this is not possible either."
Wu Yuan felt that his self-cultivation was about to be broken.
Secretly gnashing his teeth: "Why not?"
Shen Tang said matter-of-factly: "I know that the Northern Desert needs tea. I have also seen many accounts of tea trade in previous years. Why should such a profitable business be given to other countries? Previously, it was only said that private merchants were banned, but there was no such thing. They said that official merchants in Kang State are prohibited. Kang State is short of tea, so naturally it will send people to buy tea elsewhere and sell it to you——"
Wu Yuan: "..."
Shen Tang smiled and said: "Anyway, the price of buying tea in Beimo is the same, so who makes the difference in price?"
Gong Cheng almost choked on the tea he had not yet swallowed.
It's only because of his profound strength that he didn't lose his composure.
He knew that politicians were shameless, and it was normal for them to be skinless and shameless, but he didn't expect that Shen Tang wouldn't even use the fig leaf, and directly wrote the three words "Death for money" on his face. He clearly told Beimo that doing business is going to be punished. Slaughtered, who killed or not?
She! Wants! To! Swallow!
Private businessmen are prohibited from getting involved in this profitable business.
However, Gong Cheng was also keenly aware of other unspoken problems - the tea business can only be handled by the government, so how much tea is available for trading and what the quality of the tea is, isn't it all Shen Tang's final say? There is also a What a big hole.
From the corner of his eye, he looked at Wu Yuan, whose face was gloomy and uncertain.
He can see that Wu Yuan, the person involved, will naturally make no mistakes. As an envoy, he thinks more comprehensively.
From beginning to end, this is a conspiracy.
Conspiracy, knowing it is a scheme but having to take the bait.
Shen Tang smiled again and said, "Does the envoy have any doubts?"
Wu Yuan also asked simply: "Wu knows what Kang Guozhu means. Since it is a win-win situation, the winners will naturally be you and me, and we cannot let the third party step in and take advantage. But there is still one thing that is not sure--Kang Guozhu How much tea can we collect from other countries? Can we ensure that the quantity of tea is the same as in previous years?”
If you make a fuss about the number, it is not impossible.
If you don't understand these things clearly, Beimo will suffer the consequences of being dumb.
Shen Tang's replies were all informative: "I don't know, I have to send someone out to check the market to find out."
There was no conversation at all. I just answered whatever I asked.
Wu Yuan asked again: "What about the delivery time?"
"When will you receive it and when will you sell it?" Shen Tang's answers were more willful than the last, and he taught Wu Yuan like an elder, "Hey, why is the messenger so anxious? He can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! Tea is a daily life in the Northern Desert. Necessities, I know this, and I also know that every year merchants resell more tea to the Northern Desert than is consumed in a year, in other words - every household has a reserve of tea, and they will not be able to run out of tea for a while."
Tea is a strategic commodity.
Who wouldn’t seize the time to stock up a batch?
If Beimo hadn't taken advantage of the Dragon Slaying Bureau's melee in the past few years to secretly stock up on tea and other necessities, her name would have been written upside down! Wu Yuan now put on a posture of "If there is no supply of tea, we will stop tea tomorrow." Did he think he was fooling someone?
"Messenger, you can rest assured. I, Shen Youli, have stood upright in my life and have never harmed my allies. I can't do the things you are worried about." Shen Tang didn't need to read minds and spirits to know what Wu Yuan was talking about. It was just a matter of words. They are all in the Yin Yang Northern Desert.
Wu Yuan was not ashamed when it was said that he was thinking about it.
Little did he know that Shen Tang silently added a note——
[Bei Desert is an enemy, not an ally.]
Hahaha, she is not lying now.
Seeing that the tea issue was no longer improving, Wu Yuan could only hold back his anger and asked Shen Tang why he wanted to ban salt. There were good and valid reasons for banning tea, but salt production couldn't be reduced because of floods, right?
Shen Tang blinked and said, "Of course this is because salt is an official business. I have banned private smuggling. Even if there is a mutual trade between the two places, private merchants cannot sell it."
This policy has been implemented for several years.
Only merchants with business licenses can sell them, and they are still sold in a small area and cannot go outside the business scope.
Wu Yuan: "..."
Shen Tang smiled and said: "If the envoy doesn't believe it, he can inquire when passing through Longwu and other places. It can be more than three years ago..."
To make a living with necessities related to people's daily lives, it is natural to have stable prices and sufficient supply so that most people can afford them. Leave it to private merchants? Who knows what kind of situation they will cause. It is safest for the government to set prices and sell.
the most important is--
No one can compete with her for business!
To steal her business is to steal her money!
After two riots, Wu Yuan's morale suffered a severe setback, and he lost interest in getting to the bottom of other prohibited commodities. Judging from Shen Tang's two responses, the other party was well prepared. He rushed forward, Instead, you will fall into the other party's trap.
Overall, the results of this negotiation are quite gratifying.
Wu Yuan took the deed back and discussed it with his staff. After reaching an agreement, he contacted Shen Tang to make adjustments. It was just some innocuous regulations. Shen Tang did not make things difficult for the Beimo Mission. In other words, these were the things she deliberately left behind. flaw.
Bei Mo is in a state of collapse one after another, so people have to find some space.
It is not a good idea to drive customers away if you are unrelenting.
From Gong Cheng's point of view, the confrontation between the two sides was full of hidden agendas.
Wu Yuan looked at the signed deed, feeling a little suffocated in his heart. He murmured in a low voice: "Well, if Yunchi is willing to help, with the help of the power of the Gods Association, maybe..."
Even if he couldn't get a big advantage, he wouldn't be stuck by Shen Tang. Wu Yuan's life these days was even more uncomfortable than being a hostage.
Gong Cheng said: "This won't work."
Although he inherited the token, the person who gave him the token also said not to get too involved with the Society of Gods unless absolutely necessary. Gong Cheng didn't know much about the Society of Gods, but he also knew that the organization that had been hiding in secret for so many years would not be What good men believe in women...
It can be seen that the gods will take the initiative to give Beimo the national seal.
This ghost is just afraid that the world will not be in chaos.
Support the Northern Desert, but who will you contend with?
Gong Cheng's eyes fell in the direction of the main tent where Shen Tang was.
Wu Yuan: "Just talking, no need to be so serious."
He looked stern and fearful of Gong Cheng.
Just out of fear, he would not be stupid enough to push Gong Cheng out. Because he knew better that he was the one who needed Gong Cheng, and he had been trying to balance both sides. Even if Gong Cheng was unwilling to do more for him, Wu Yuan Not forced either.
Gong Cheng closed his eyes and continued to guard outside the camp.
Lin Feng worked overtime and finally came up with the special grain species for the Northern Desert that Shen Tang needed, which are drought-resistant, cold-resistant, freeze-resistant and pest-resistant. The key is that the skin is strong and easy to feed. Shen Tang squatted on the edge of the secret experimental field, curious: "Look at It’s no different from the previous grains, how do you ensure that it won’t be passed on to the next generation?”
Grain security is a difficult problem.
The grains used by the people in Longwu County are all optimized.
No matter how strict she checks, she can guard against the Northern Desert but cannot guard against other countries in the Guan. The geographical and climate of the Northern Desert is very different from that in the Guan, and most of the grains will only be acclimatized. The neighboring countries in the Guan are different, and the climate span is not large. In theory, They can plant high-yielding grain seeds with stable genetics without being discovered yet.
By the time Shen Tang found out, it was already a done deal.
Lin Feng pointed to the sky.
Shen Tang didn't understand what he meant and looked up.
"There is nothing in the sky..."
Lin Feng stood behind Shen Tang, also squatting down and looking at the experimental field, and said: "It was Luan Hu Cao who reminded me that the improvement of grain varieties relies on literary spirit, and the filthy air existing between heaven and earth will pollute them and make them It continues to degrade..."
They provided double protection.
The first is the natural degradation of grain crops.
The first is to artificially enhance the instability of traits.
Lin Feng has experienced various kinds of grains, ranging from dozens to hundreds to hundreds and thousands of iterations. With his rich experience and Luan Xin's ability to see various auras of heaven and earth, he unexpectedly discovered that the reason for the stable inheritance of traits was There is a lot of cultural energy left in the grain.
If you do the opposite, you will achieve your goal.
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Alas, I received an obituary in the background today. Things are really unpredictable. A few days ago, Shiigugu was diagnosed with severe fatty liver and high blood lipids in his physical examination. No wonder his heart has been feeling uncomfortable since the beginning of this year... Fortunately, his blood sugar is normal (at home) There is a genetic inheritance in this regard)